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| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deadened, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, asleep, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, indifferent, insensate, insensible, lethargic, listless, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupefied, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, unfeeling, uninterested, anesthetized, benumbed, immobilized, incurious, insentient, numbed, stuporous, uncurious |
| Antonyms: | lively, responsive, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deaden |
| Synonyms: | benumb, blunt, chill, desensitize, dull, freeze, frost, paralyze, stun, stupefy, anesthetize, immobilize, obtund |
| Antonyms: | enliven |
| Main Entry: | blunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dull |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, benumb, cripple, dampen, deaden, debilitate, desensitize, disable, enfeeble, numb, sap, soften, undermine, water down, weaken, hebetate, obtund, take the edge off |
| Antonyms: | needle, point, sharpen |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, astound, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, addle, befog, fuddle |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | desensitize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dull |
| Synonyms: | benumb, deaden, numb, anesthetize, make inactive, make less sensitive, render insensible |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under influence of medication |
| Synonyms: | benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope*, dose, fix, hit, knock out*, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat, analgize, anesthetize, dope up, dose up, medicate, narcotize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very scared |
| Synonyms: | abashed, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, chicken*, fearful, frozen, hung up*, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, mousy*, numb, petrified, shaky, sissy*, startled, terrified, uptight, yellow*, affrighted, butterflies, chicken-hearted, cowed, dismayed, have cold feet, having kittens, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in a sweat, jellyfish, panicky, pushing the panic button, rabbity, running scared, scared stiff, shivery, spooked, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved |
| Antonyms: | calm, happy, comforted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not moving; lifeless |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, asleep, dead, dormant, down, dull, idle, immobile, impassive, impotent, inactive, inanimate, indolent, languid, lazy, leaden, listless, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, phlegmatic, powerless, quiescent, quiet, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, static, still, stolid, torpid, unmoving, unresponsive, languorous, slumberous, unreactive |
| Antonyms: | active, alive, animated, lively, mobile, moving, working |
| Main Entry: | mesmerize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
| Synonyms: | control, deaden, drug, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grip, hypnotize, magnetize, numb, stupefy, catch up, ensorcell, hold spellbound, render unconscious, spellbind |
| Antonyms: | turn off, disenchant |
| Main Entry: | motionless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, not moving |
| Synonyms: | dead, deathly, firm, fixed, frozen, immobile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, numb, palsied, paralyzed, petrified, quiescent, quiet, spellbound, stable, stagnant, standing, static, stationary, steadfast, still, torpid, unmoved, unmoving, apoplectic, at a standstill, at rest, becalmed, deadlocked, halted, immotile, stalled, stock-still, transfixed, unmovable |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, lively, mobile, moving |
| Main Entry: | out cold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconscious |
| Synonyms: | comatose, drowsy, flattened*, numb, out, passed out*, put away*, senseless, zonked*, benumbed, blacked out, dead to the world, down for the count, feeling no pain, in a trance, on the canvas, out like a light |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paralytic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impaired in movement |
| Synonyms: | disabled, immobile, inactive, incapacitated, insensible, lame, numb, palsied, paralyzed, powerless, diplegic, immobilized, palsified, paraplegic, quadriplegic |
| Antonyms: | healthy, uncrippled |
| Main Entry: | paralyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | immobilize |
| Synonyms: | appall, arrest, astound, bemuse, benumb, close, daunt, daze, deaden, debilitate, demolish, destroy, disable, disarm, enfeeble, freeze, halt, incapacitate, knock out, lame, nonplus, numb, petrify, prostrate, shut down, stun, stupefy, transfix, weaken, anesthetize, bring to grinding halt, make inert, make nerveless, palsy, stop dead |
| Antonyms: | incite, mobilize, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | shock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | completely surprise |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, anger, antagonize, appall, astound, awe, bowl over*, daze, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, disturb, electrify, flabbergast, flood, floor*, horrify, insult, jar, jolt, knock out*, nauseate, numb, offend, outrage, overcome, overwhelm, paralyze, revolt, rock, scandalize, shake, shake up, sicken, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, unsettle, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, throw a curve, traumatize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stunned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
| Synonyms: | aghast, bewildered, bowled over, breathless, confounded, confused, dumbfounded, frozen, numb, overcome, overwhelmed, shocked, speechless, startled, stumped, stupefied, surprised, amazed, astonished, astounded, blown away, dismayed, flabbergasted, floored, taken aback |
| Main Entry: | stupefied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
| Synonyms: | bewildered, bowled over, breathless, confounded, confused, dumbfounded, frozen, numb, overcome, overwhelmed, puzzled, shocked, speechless, startled, stumped, stunned, surprised, amazed, astonished, astounded, blown away, dismayed, flabbergasted, floored, taken aback |
| Main Entry: | torpid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, slow |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, comatose, dopey*, dormant, drowsy, dull, heavy, idle, inactive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, languid, latent, leaden, lethargic, listless, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, slothful, sluggish, sodden, somnolent, stagnant, static, stupid, benumbed, faineant, hebetudinous, languorous, lymphatic, slow-moving, slumberous, stuporous |
| Antonyms: | active, energetic, lively, moving, quick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unwitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without fully realizing |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, chance, comatose, forgetful, haphazard, ignorant, inadvertent, incognizant, innocent, involuntary, numb, oblivious, senseless, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, unfamiliar, uninformed, unintentional, unknowing, unmindful, unplanned, unsuspecting, unthinking, inconversant, undesigned, uninstructed, unintended, unmeant |
| Antonyms: | conscious, intentional, realizing, witting |
| Main Entry: | frozen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very cold |
| Synonyms: | arctic, frigid, ice-cold, icy, numb, Siberian, antarctic, chilled, frosted, ice-covered, icebound, iced |
| Antonyms: | heated, hot, boiled |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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